Changeable address-tag.



I A. W. ASKEW.

CHANGEABLE ADDRESS TAG.

(Application Bled Mar. 21, 1899.)

Patented Oc't. 3,1899.

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NTE TATES ARTHUR 1V. ASKEW, OF AIJTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHANGEABLE ADDRESS-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,159, dated October `3, 1899.

Application filed March 21,1899.

the tag to a parcel and preventing a change.

of the exposed address, the object of my invention being to provide a device of this kind of simple and cheap construction which will be at the same time serviceable and'` strong.

The nature of my improvements will be best understood as described in connection with the drawings, in which I have illustrated my tag in what I believe to be its best form of,

construction, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my tag ready for attachment to a parcel. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail View showing the construction of the hinge by which the address-slides are secured together.

A and B are address-slides, preferably made of metal, and adapted to have an address permanently engraved on each of their faces a a' b h'. As shown, the slides A and B are hinged together at one end .in such manner that they can befolded face to face in either direction-that is, so as to leave exposed the faces a and b, or by folding them in the opposite direction the faces a' h'. Preferably I employ the hinge shown in the drawings for uniting the sliding forming, for instance, on the slide B two relatively small hinge-eyes B' B' and on the slide A a relatively much larger hinge-eye A'. The hinge-pin C is inserted through the hinge-eyes and secured in the small hinge-eyes B', but passes freely through the larger hinge-eye A', the clearance being sufficient to enable the slide A to lie flat against the slide B when folded in either direction. In the free ends of the slides A and B, I form openings or eyes A2 and B2,

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Serial No. 709,873. (No model.)

so placed as to register with each other when the slides are folded together and of such a size as will readily permit the passage of the hasp of a padlock or other locking device.

By the construction above described it is obvious that of four addresses inscribed on the slides two will be exposed and two concealed in either of the two alternative positions of the folded slides, and in order to leave but a single address-face exposed I pro vide a slide-cover, as D, into which the slides can be inserted by a longitudinal sliding movement and which will cover one of the exposed faces and leave the other uncovered. In connection with this cover the enlargement of the hinge-eyes formed on the connected ends of the slides serves as a stop to prevent the passage of the slides entirely through the cover, while the removal of the slides from the cover is prevented as long as a padlock or other locking device is passed through the eyes A2 B2. My preferred construction of the slide-cover D is that shown in the drawings, in which it is formed with a plate D', the lateral edges of which are turned upward and inward, as indicated at D2 D2, so as to form a slideway between the inwardlyturned anges D2 D3 and the body D' of the plate, and of course it will be understood that the cover is to be so proportioned or shaped as not to extend over the eyes A2 B2 when the address-slides are fully in place.

While I prefer to use the two hinge-slides, as shown and above described, it will be obvious that where only two addresses are to be interchangeably used a single slide, such as A or B, may be used in connection with the .slide-cover D.

Having now described .my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An address-tag having in combination a slide-cover, as D, adapted to receive, hold and cover one face of a slide, and a slide, as A,

freely insertible in and removable from the holder having an enlargement, as A', at one end to prevent it slipping through the holder in the direction in which it is inserted and an opening or eye at the other end, adapted to receive a locking device the coverD being so formed as not to cover said eye when the slide is in place.

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2. An address-tag having in Combination a slide-Cover, as D, having a plain back and inwardly-turned lateral edges, as D2 D3, and a slide, as A, adapted to be freely inserted in and removed from the @over by slip ping beneath its lateral edges, said slide having an enlargement, as A', at one end to prevent it slipping through the holder in the direction in which it is inserted and an opening or eye at the other end adapted to receive a locking device, the eoverD being so formed as not to cover said eye when the slide is in place.

3. An address-tag having in combination a slide-Cover, as D, adapted to receive, hold and cover one face of a slide and two slides A and B hinged together at one end and formed with eyes A2 B2 which register with each other when the slides are folded together, the hinge being adapted to serve asa stop to prevent the slides slipping through the Cover and said Cover being so formed as not to cover the eyes A2 32 when the slides are in place.

4. An address-tag having in combination a slide-cover, as D, having aplain back and in- Wardly-turn ed lateral edges, as D2D2, and two slides A and i3 hinged together at one end und forme/d with eyes A2 B2 which register with each other when the slides are folded together, the hinge being adapted to serve as a stop to prevent the slides slipping through the cover and said eover being so formed as not to cover the eyes A2 B2 when the slides-are in place.

5. Anaddress-taghaving in combination two slides, as A B, one having small hinge-eyes, as B', and the other large hinge-eyes A and both hinged together by means of a hinge-pin secured to the small hinge-eyes and passing freely through the large hinge-eyes, both of said slides having eyes A2 B2 in their free ends which register when the slides are folded t0- gether, anda slide-cover D adapted to reeeive the folded slides when inserted by a sliding motion and to engage the hinge-eyes and leave uncovered the eyes A2 B2 when the slides are 45 in place.

ARTHUR W. ASKEW. Witnesses:

R. M. SNYDER, W. J. IIAMOR. 

